试论《内经》“气化”的概念与特点

Abstract

Gi(氣) transformation theory is the foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine[TCM]. This theory matured during the period of 『Hwangjenaegyeong(黃帝內經)』, and later in the history of TCM was a source of significant impact on the development process and direction of general medical theory. The concept of “gi transformation[氣化]” mainly originates from the definition of the three levels which are nature, the relationship between nature and human, and the body's own metabolism, and is used to describe the usage and the resulting changes of ‘gi(氣)’. Gi transformation possesses six characteristics which are permanence, universality, representationalism, directional, variability, and orderliness. The research of the concept and characteristics of gi transformation[氣化] in 『Hwangjenaegyeong』 will help identify the important academic value and practical significance of the formation of the basic theory of TCM as the result of the gi transformation theory, and highlight the unique characteristics of TCM.